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There Is No Other Book So Various As The Bible, Nor One So Full Of Concentrated Wisdom.

The Great Liability Of The Engineer Compared To Men Of Other Professions Is That His Works Are Out In The Open Where All Can See Them. His Acts, Step By Step, Are In Hard Substance. He Cannot Bury His Mistakes In The Grave Like The Doctors. He Cannot Argue Them Into Thin Air Or Blame The Judge Like The Lawyers. He Cannot, Like The Architects, Cover His Failures With Trees And Vines. He Cannot, Like The Politicians, Screen His Shortcomings By Blaming His Opponents And Hope The People Will Forget. The Engineer Simply Cannot Deny He Did It. If His Works Do Not Work, He Is Damned.

When I Decided To Go Into Politics I Weighed The Costs. I Would Get Criticism. But I Went Ahead. So When Virulent Criticism Came I Wasn't Surprised. I Was Better Able To Handle It.

The Structure Of Human Betterment Cannot Be Built Upon Foundations Of Materialism Or Business, But Upon The Bedrock Of Individual Character In Free Men And Women.

We Cannot Change Ideas In The Minds Of Men And Races With Machine Guns Or Battle Ships.